You are the next American Idol!

You may not want to become the next American Idol, but I suppose you have a big dream of your own. But, what are you doing about it?

The winner of the most recent Idol competition was encouraged by his brother to attend the first audition. Who is encouraging you to pursue your big dream? What is your big dream anyway? We all need people in our life who believe in us and remind us of who we could be. We need people who trigger our imagination more than our memory. Who is that person in your life?

More people voted to pick the winner in the American Idol competition a few nights ago than voted to elect President Bush in 2004. What does that tell us? Do you believe there are 60 million Americans actively pursuing their big dream? I am not seeing them. Are you? Polls show that 84% percent of the population would rather be doing something else for a living. I wonder if that means they would rather be living their dream. It seems that Americans can easily be satisfied in watching vicariously as others pursue and then reach their dreams, even as the clock is winding down on their own vision for the future. So what is your big dream?

With the nudge of his brother, Taylor Hicks took a leap, expressed his unique gifts and originality to the world and was rewarded appropriately with the crown of American Idol. In The 1% Club, we say he “found his Genius.” Do you have the guts, the tenacity of spirit to pursue your dream? Write it down and then go make it happen. You could be the next American Idol…